A career insurer, Gretel has worked in various functions of the industry and is also a Certified Continuity Manager by the National Institute of Business Continuity Management, specialising in continuous risk management aspects of business operations.
Prior to leaving for a nine-year stint in the Middle East, Gretel was a visiting lecturer at the Malta Insurance International Centre; lecturing retail and personal lines insurance classes in both their underwriting as well as the claims aspects. Gretel was later also commissioned by the MITC to carry out training courses and lectures in Eastern Europe. Upon her return to Malta, the MITC have re-commissioned Gretel to deliver courses again.
She has held supervisory positions as well as middle to senior management post for the greater part of her 30-year career in insurance spanning through various departments including, underwriting, claims and also run-off functions. In view of her qualification as well as work experience, Gretel has been assigned to various responsibilities during the nine years spent in the GCC between 2006 and 2015.
Relatively well-travelled in Europe and the Middle Ease, Grete has lived in the United Arab Emirates between 2006 and 2009 and in the State of Qatar between 209 and 2015; spending the last three years heading the retail operations at QIC LLC and later overseeing ex-Qatar operations within QIC International LLC.
Gretel’s last held position before moving back to Malta in April 2015, was that of Vice-President with QIC International LLC, the international division of QIC Group LLC.